Wolverine Leathers

Sustainability

A Century of Innovation

Since 1910, Wolverine Worldwide Leathers has had an eye on the future and a history of creating better leather. Performance leathers. Heritage leathers crafted with over a century of old world experience.

But innovation never rests. Neither does being better. As we enter the second decade of the millennium, our focus is on customer-driven, sustainable, environmentally friendly leather solutions for casual, outdoor and athletic footwear brands. How will we help your brand be better?

Acquires a glove-making business and uses horsehide for gloves; start vertical integration with
building of leather sole plant

1940 - 1956

Company's chairman, Victor Krause, succeeds in inventing a pig skinning machine to automate
the skinning process. Wolverine is now in the pigskin business.

1958

Creates a chrome tanned pigskin nubuck leather for their new brand called Hush Puppies in a
Breathin' Brushed Pigskin Nubuck Suede. It becomes a global best seller.

1980

Silkee® Goes Global Wolverine partnered with a Taiwanese tannery in 1980 to tan pigskin
nubuck in Taiwan for delivery to footwear factories in Taiwan and China. We created our
competition.

2019 - SUSTAINABILITY TO PROTECT THE PLANET

We produce leathers that are made without metal, chrome, aldehydes, salt, inorganic acids or vegetables and is hypoallergenic. our Horizon leather is RSL, REACH, ZDHC and Blue Sign compliant. our pigskin has a lower environmental impact than other chrome tanned leathers.

THE FUTURE - AUTUMN 2020/WINTER 2021

300 million pairs of shoes end up in a landfill in the USA every year. If some of these shoes do not contain chrome, they will break down over time. Choose to refuse more metals in your footwear by selecting our Horizon metal free or chrome free leathers to make the world a "greener" place.